Getting reading to have my endoscope

 

Chuck's Journey: Journal Entry #6

Chuck’s Journey: Journal Entry #6

 

The surgery was successful.  I had secondary complications.  The doctor cut my bowl, and my 3 to 4 hour surgery took 8 hours.  I was hard to get off the Anastasia and aspirated.  I developed aspiration pneumonia and spent 7 days in ICU.  I was released and a day later I developed bloody diarrhea.  I began getting light headed and started to pass out.  My wife called an ambulance and I was rushed to Charlotte Hungerford Hospital.  My blood pressure was 50/34, Heart rate in the forties.  My respiration was decreased.  I was transferred to Bristol Hospital.  At Bristol Hospital it was determined I was internal bleeding because of the blood thinner injects I was prescribed when I left the hospital.  I lost 4 pints of blood.  I need two blood transfusions.  I stayed in the hospital for another 5 days.  I was hospitalized a total of 12 days. 

 

 

Chuck's Journey: Journal Entry #5

Chuck’s Journey: Journal Entry #5

 

Just as I was preparing to have surgery I my grandfather Charles Edward Balch unexpectedly passed away on July 24, 2013.  A week later a dear friend Adrene Bunnell unexpectedly passed away.  I had two deaths to deal with as I went to have my surgery on September 3, 2013.  While in the hospital another friend Brian Mastroni only 28 years old unexpectedly passed away.  I was not even able to attend the funeral because I was still in the hospital.  Days after I went home from the hospital Adrene Bunnell’s husband, Mike Bunnell unexpectedly passed away.  The thoughts of death weighed heavy on my mind.  I tried my best to remain positive, but I was battling my own health problems. 

 

I have lost 92 pounds. I am now 329. My goal was to lose 100 pounds by the end of the year. My next goal is to lose 30 pounds and be under 300 pounds. I am well on my way.

I have lost 92 pounds.  I am now 329.  My goal was to lose 100 pounds by the end of the year.  My next goal is to lose 30 pounds and be under 300 pounds.  I am well on my way.  I am wearing cloths I have not wore in over a decade.